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capture lpt1 to usb port?
The old lpt1 printer died and was replaced. The new
printer only has a USB connection. We have some old apps that only print to lpt1. Is there a way to capture the lpt1 port and redirect it to the USB printer? |
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capture lpt1 to usb port?
Keith,
The old lpt1 printer died and was replaced. The new printer only has a USB connection. We have some old apps that only print to lpt1. Is there a way to capture the lpt1 port and redirect it to the USB printer? There is an old DOS utility called prn2file which can redirect the LPT output to a file, then you can have Printfil sending it to ANY Windows printer, including USB, networked and Virtual (such as fax softwares and PDF writers) On our web site you can find more info and a free trial to download. Kind regards, Davide Guolo -------------------------------------------------------------- Printfil - Windows Printing System for Applications http://www.guolo.com/printfil Odbc4All - Connection to ODBC Data Sources for any Application http://www.guolo.com/odbc4all -------------------------------------------------------------- |
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capture lpt1 to usb port?
I figured out a solution. I shared the USB printer at the
win98 machine. I connected to the printer share at the server. At the server I shared printer again. At the win98 machine I captured LPT1 to the share on the server. (For some reason win98 won't accept a cpature to it's own share.) Now when DOS progams send a print job to LPT1, it goes to the server and then back to the win98 workstation's USB printer. -----Original Message----- The old lpt1 printer died and was replaced. The new printer only has a USB connection. We have some old apps that only print to lpt1. Is there a way to capture the lpt1 port and redirect it to the USB printer? . |
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capture lpt1 to usb port?
Thanks for reporting back on your resolution.
PattyL "Keith" wrote in message ... I figured out a solution. I shared the USB printer at the win98 machine. I connected to the printer share at the server. At the server I shared printer again. At the win98 machine I captured LPT1 to the share on the server. (For some reason win98 won't accept a cpature to it's own share.) Now when DOS progams send a print job to LPT1, it goes to the server and then back to the win98 workstation's USB printer. -----Original Message----- The old lpt1 printer died and was replaced. The new printer only has a USB connection. We have some old apps that only print to lpt1. Is there a way to capture the lpt1 port and redirect it to the USB printer? . |
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